I made it! 23 weeks!!! VIABILITY!!! I can’t tell you how that feels. Technically today I am 23wks 4d. I was not only happy to have reached the 23wk milestone, but also fortunate that I had another ultrasound that day! At our last ultrasound Blueberry didn’t feel like cooperating much, and so the tech didn’t get a good shot of the heart. So, back I went 2 weeks later, at exactly 23wks. Again, the little one didn’t want to cooperate. Blueberry was on his/her stomach the whole time, face down. The tech had me turn on my right side, then on my left. We’d be trying to get good shots for what seems like about 30-45 min when she was finally able to get a good view! I guess Blueberry’s arm was lying on his/her chest, directly in front of the heart, making it hard to see through the arm bone. While I was on my left side though, I guess the arm moved and she got what she needed.

Funny story also – while I was lying on my left, I couldn’t see the screen. Suddenly I felt a big push for the little one and my husband said, “You just got punched!” I replied with, “I know, I felt it!” He actually saw Blueberry reach out and punch me! It would have been very neat to see that, but I’m glad if only one of us could, it was him. I’m feeling our baby move every day now, but he still can’t – so it’s nice that he got to at least see what I’m feeling 😀

I guess that will be my last ultrasound, unless my doctor wants more for some reason. So strange that I may not see the baby again until February. I think I’ve had 6 u/s all together for this pregnancy, and I’m only 1/2 way through. It’s going to be a long stretch! I’m happy though that Blueberry is healthy enough to not have to have any more checks. The heart looked great, all of my blood work came back and we are better than average for our risk factors for the big three! Everything is going so great. Here are some photos from Monday:

A perfect little face. This was the best shot she could get the whole time!

This is what position the baby was in the whole time! Just like me, a belly sleeper…

Baby’s little foot!

And boy, have I been feeling that foot! I’m so happy to be at the point where Blueberry is moving and I can feel it. It’s very comforting to know that things are all okay in there.

My sisters threw me a baby shower this past Saturday. I told them no parties until 23 wks, but the best time was at 22wks 5days, so that’s when we did it. I’ll have pictures up at some point – need to get them off my camera first. It was great though, and I had to hold back the tears a few times. I never thought I would ever go to a baby shower that was for me. Not only that, but so many people showed up! My mother in law and sister in law even made the trek up! It was wonderful to have them there. My sisters did a great job – Jungle Theme! In keeping with how we’re planning to decorate the nursery.

We’ve done some work on that, too. Not only did we get gifts from the shower, but my sister gave me all of her nursery furniture, stroller, car seat, pack ‘n play, bassinet and a bunch of other stuff! We had to borrow my dad’s pickup truck to get it all home! We’ve been cleaning out the old office all week to make room for Blueberry! All that’s left to do is sweep, mop and then set everything up. It’s crazy to walk into that room and see a crib instead of my husbands clothes and a desk! He had been using it as his closet/office. So, we had to clean out the closet in our bedroom to make room for his stuff. Luckily I could put over half of my clothes away for now because they don’t fit at this point. Not sure what we’ll do when that stuff fits again though!

I think that’s all for now. Next post I’ll have pics of the shower, and maybe even some nursery pics! Hope you are all well, and thanks to anyone who is still reading!

About me…

I'm a woman dealing with the pain associated with infertility (due to PCOS and MTHFR gene mutation). My husband and I tried for almost 4 years for our first child. In January 2009 we had success with our first IUI. On March 19th, 2009 we lost our baby, Declan, who had only made it 8 weeks along. In November of 2009 we conceived our 2nd child Sophie on our own with only the help of Metformin. On January 25, 2010 we learned our dear baby no longer had a heartbeat and had stopped growing at 6w4d. In June of 2010 I again found out I was pregnant. Though we had a rocky start to that pregnancy, our baby girl was born happy and healthy on February 8, 2011 - Aibhilín Gladys Groth Thornburgh.